James Mangold
James Mangold
James Mangoldis an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Films he has directed include Walk the Line, which he also co-wrote, The Wolverine, Cop Land, Girl, Interrupted, Knight and Day, and the 2007 remake 3:10 to Yuma. He also produced and directed pilots for the television series Men in TreesNYC 22and Vegas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth16 December 1963
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The boundary between real life and acting is hard to find.
One of my favourite movies is Billy Wilder's 'The Apartment.' It's shot in super wide screen, and it's beautiful.
I'd be really interested in making a dramatic, low key 3D film.
A fantasy film is often improved by some kind of human reality.
If you respect the events and respect the real life tragedy, you can drive your film to address it in some mature way.
We're all going to hell for the songs we sing.
What I'm really focused on is the majesty of the best films I see are films that don't panhandle for an extra laugh later, but actually deliver the goods. And when the screen goes black, you go, Yes.
The idea of devoting two years of my life to making a corporate product that looks and smells and tastes like a lot of other things out there with just a different trademark character is a bore.
Filmmakers get into trouble when they're watching too many DVDs and quoting all the time.
The funny thing about me is I move from genre to genre, but I essentially shoot all the movies the same way.
My own sense and taste in 3D films has been I don't really like it when it feels like it's a gimmick and it's coming at me, it's flying at me.
The one aspect I do love about digital is I love to push performance and I love to roll and roll and keep doing takes in a single performance.
You see the assets of your actors and you see their strengths and you try to play into them. It's like I feel part of my job is as a coach. I'm putting a team on the field and you want to formulate how to make the best game out of these players.
I love comic books. Since I was a kid, I've collected them.